Victoriia, from Kharkiv, tells the New Statesman's Alix Kroeger of the conditions for citizens sheltering from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Victoriia and her nine year old daughter left Kharkiv on the second day of the war, leaving family and friends behind to drive hundreds of miles to cross the border into Hungary.
In this interview they describe how they were more afraid of long-term Russian occupation than the immediate "tanks and bullets", and how they keep in touch with those they've left behind.
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